The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-23
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
One Thousand Conservative Dele
gates In Session at oxford.
Willy Bismarck, the Gar and His
Suspicious Letters.
President Crews Hopeless Search
for q Prime Minister.

LONDON, Nov. 22.-The annual meeting OF
the National Union of Conservatives opened
at Oxford today. Ashmead Bartlett, M. P.'
presided. A thousand delegates were pres
ent, representing England, Wales, Scotland
and Ireland. An address, congratulating the
Queen upon the jubilee, was adopted. A
resolution in favor of free trade was carried
by large majority, and the resolution in
favor of the reform Of the English Church
was adopted unanimously. letter was
read from Mr.. Bright referring to his pro-
posal to send the Irish bills to grand COM
mittee composed of Irish members. Mr..
Bright says: "We cannot allow Mr.. Glad
stone to return to Office on his Irish policy.
| prefer to join hands with Lord Salisbury
and his colleagues rather than with Parnell
and his friends, the leaders of rebellion"
The Wrecked Steamer.
An improvised lightship has been placed
over the sunken steamer w. A. Scholten.
The sea is SO rough that divers have not been
able to explore the wreck. The mainmast
projects 20 feet above the water. At high
tide the wreck lies in twelve fathoms OF
water. The hull will probably be blown up.
tions expressing gratitude to the people OF
Dover for kindness shown them.
Gladstone and His utterances.
Gladstone has written letter to Col.
Doping, apologizing for the inaccurate
statements concerning him in reference to
the occurrences at Sweedore, Ireland. He
says that he did not mean to impute to
Doping the use OF loaded rifles. Doping
is satisfied with the apology and has with
drawn his action against Gladstone.
Major Saunders0n, at Nottingham To-Day,
declared that Gladstone's statement that
Constable Whelehan's was put up case,
was an absolute lie.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, at MORE
combe this evening, said 1t was the duty OF
the Liberals to prepare the minds OF the
people for electoral issues. There was great
cause to reconcile two kindred peoples, be-
tween whom there had been long standing
hatred and animosity. This would be the
crowning work Of their great leader
(Cheers)
Prompted by Necessity.
Two thousand crofters ON the Isle Of
Lewes, supplied with rifles. tents, ETC., have
commenced campaign to exterminate the
deer in the forests. 1t is alleged that six
thousand cr0fters are starving who 0ugnt 10
be living on the land now given up to deer:
They declare that in adopting their present
course they are ectuated by sheer necessity.
EugenIe IN
The Empress Eugenie is lying critically i'll
at Amsterdam.
bismarck and the Gar.
BERLIN, Nov. 22-The North German Ga
zette, Prince Bismarck's organ, says that the
interview between the Car and Prince Bis
marck on last Friday was Of friendly and
very comprehensive character.
The Car complained of the policy of Ger
many, especially her policy toward Bulgaria,
which, he said, was directed against Russia,
as letters received at the Russian foreign Of
fee showed. Prince Bismarck indicated that
Germany always regarded Bulgaria as lying
within the sphere of Russian interest and
acted in this spirit whenever no strictly Ger
man interests were involved. He expressed
a desire to see the letters the Gar men
toned.
Bismarck then formulated at length Ger
many's complaints against Russia. The Gar
was attentive and promised on his return to
st. Petersburg to better inform himself on
the questions on which these complaints were
founded and to arrive at decisions accord
Ingly.
W
not considered in political circles there that
the interview between the Car and Prince
Bismarck at Berlin win lead to a modification
of the policy of either Russia or Germany.
1t is believed, though, that It may contribute
to the maintenance and strengthening OF
between the two empires pro-
vided both respect mutual political inde-
pendence and both are desirous to maintain
peace.
The Cologne Gazette has caused sensa-
a. hot
recent interview with Bismarck, learned that
he had been deceived in regard to Germanys
policy by a forged letter purporting 10 be
from Bismarck. The letter is supposed to
be the work of Orleanists. The Cars route
from the frontier to st. Petersburg was
guarded by 5000 men. The Gar changed
his carriages several times.
Hungarian Catholics Make Trouble.
PEsTH, Nov. 22.-An address to the Pope,
voted by the Catholic Assembly Of Hungary,
fayors granting temporal power to the Pope.
1t is feared the address will make bad i'm
preston in Italy, and semi-oficial journals
protest against it. They say the address
does not depict the genuine opinion OF the
HUNGARIAN Catholics. 1t is likely the minis
try will make some explanation OF the sub
ject to Italy.
Crevy ReIterates His Refusal.
PARIS, Nov. ON. Brisson had confer
ence with President Grevy today, and told
him that the crisis in relation to the presi-
dency appeared to be without remedy. The
President asked why. NJ. Brisson replied
that it would be painful to explain: The
reason was universally apparent. de re-
minded Grevy that at an independent meet
ing on Sunday he had maintained that no
body was entitled to demand that the
President resign. He was still of the same
opinion. The President alone, added M.
Brisson, was entitled to raise the question.
M. Leroyer also conferred with Grevy and
advised him to resign. The refusal OF every
leading politician to form a ministry Is re-
ganded as making the resignation inevitable.
NJ. Grevy is reported to have consulted Nj;
Leroyer as to the feeling in the Senate, and
asked him whether, in his opinion, it would
be feasible to govern in the interim with that
body alone. NJ. Leroyer said that he replied
that the Republicans in the Senate were not
in conflict with the Chamber of Deputies.
NJ Grevy, after the interview. with NJ.
Leroyer, consulted M. Deves, M. Foucher de
Careil, and others. All his efforts to secure
the formation of a ministry were futile. m
The moderate Senators are furious with
Grevy for offering carte blanche to nj.
Clemenceau, even in conjunction with Gen.
Boulanger They insist he should have
retired rather than make such an offer.
The National League.
DUBLIN, Nov. 22.-The Dublin Gazette
publishes proclamation suppressing the
National League in Kerry, Clare, and sew
eral branches in Cork, Galway and Wexford.
At meeting Of the National League to.
day Mr.. Harrington stated that members OF
the local branches had largely increased
their subscriptions since the proclamations
were issued.
The general committee of the Libera
Radical Union will urge the disseminating
of the Trafalgar Square meetings while the
case in court Is undecided.
Dan Doherty of New York city shot
George NJ Graham of Rochester, N. T., in
London, Monday night. The affair grew out
of gambling debt.
The American ship E. +. Sawyer. Captain
Dinsmore, left San Francisco June II and
arrived at Falmouth November 16. She pro-
eeeded for Hull and was sunk yesterday
morning at Folkestone by collision with the
British steamer Palinurus. The crew were
saved.